diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/files/0002-slightly-change-theme-defaults.patch b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/files/0002-slightly-change-theme-defaults.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbd9fef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/files/0002-slightly-change-theme-defaults.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 12976fcbcc5b68e7e9e7c6deba3983a7355f8f2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 22:29:29 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] slightly change theme defaults
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+---
+ config/lxqt.conf | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/config/lxqt.conf b/config/lxqt.conf
+index 1d48e56..5018618 100644
+--- a/config/lxqt.conf
++++ b/config/lxqt.conf
+@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ tool_button_style=ToolButtonTextBesideIcon
+ [Qt]
+ font="Sans,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0"
+ doubleClickInterval=400
+-style=Fusion
++style=Oxygen
+ wheelScrollLines=3
++
++[Mouse]
++cursor_theme=Oxygen_Zion
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb
index b57646bc..d81fe4ea 100644
--- a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ inherit lxqt gtk-icon-cache
 
 DEPENDS += "liblxqt"
 
-SRC_URI += "file://0001-startlxqt-enable-starting-from-console.patch"
+SRC_URI += " \
+    file://0001-startlxqt-enable-starting-from-console.patch \
+    file://0002-slightly-change-theme-defaults.patch \
+"
 SRCREV = "da721845de52526d71cc8457d6c1beb45a9278aa"
 PV = "0.9.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
 FILES_${PN} += " \
     ${datadir} \
 "
+
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "oxygen"